https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Nan%3A2007-06-08-comp.research.japan-lcc 2026-04-30T04:11:01Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.1 https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?title=Nan:2007-06-08-comp.research.japan-lcc&diff=963&oldid=prev 2010-07-10T02:23:00Z

<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: The Big-8 Management Board &lt;board@big-8.org&gt; Subject: 2nd RFD: remove comp.research.japan moderated (LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, comp…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: The Big-8 Management Board &lt;board@big-8.org&gt;<br /> Subject: 2nd RFD: remove comp.research.japan moderated (LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS)<br /> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, comp.research.japan,<br /> news.groups.proposals<br /> Followup-To: news.groups.proposals<br /> Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:22:32 -0500<br /> Organization: http://www.big-8.org/<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> remove comp.research.japan<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated<br /> newsgroup comp.research.japan.<br /> <br /> <br /> PROCEDURE:<br /> <br /> The B8MB plans to begin voting on this proposal after five days. Please<br /> offer any final discussion or comments before the end of this waiting<br /> period. Voting may take up to one week (7 days); a result will be posted<br /> following the end of the voting period.<br /> <br /> All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.proposals.<br /> <br /> The full group removal procedure is documented here:<br /> <br /> http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup<br /> <br /> <br /> SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION:<br /> <br /> No comments were received.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: remove comp.research.japan<br /> <br /> The last approved article was in April 2000. The newsgrooup was run<br /> by the JapanCS project in the Department of Computer Science at The<br /> University of Arizona. The JapanCS Project effectively ended in May<br /> 2000.<br /> <br /> In response to an e-mail query, the last moderator wrote, &quot;No reason<br /> to keep the newsgroup as far as I can see. It served its purpose well<br /> in its day, but as you note, most of the material we used to post is<br /> online these days.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> HISTORY: <br /> <br /> The newsgroup comp.research.japan was created in December 1990, and<br /> was active until April 2000, averaging roughly one article per day.<br /> <br /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups<br /> news.groups.proposals<br /> comp.research.japan<br /> <br /> <br /> CHARTER:<br /> <br /> The newsgroup line is:<br /> <br /> comp.research.japan The nature of research in Japan.<br /> <br /> The charter (from the newsgroup&#039;s web page):<br /> <br /> The USENET newsgroup comp.research.japan, run by the JapanCS project<br /> in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Arizona, is<br /> an electronic forum devoted to Japanese research developments in<br /> computing and computer science. The basic purpose of this electronic<br /> forum is to increase the awareness of Japanese computing and CS by<br /> providing a forum for publicizing this work and for subsequent<br /> discussions.<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT: <br /> <br /> Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY: <br /> <br /> 2007-05-03 1st RFD<br /> 2007-06-09 2nd RFD/LCC<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

Moleski